Snow-guard.



J. GERY.

SNOW GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. so, 1908.

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SNOW GUARD.

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JOHN G-ERY, OF PATERSQN, NEW JERSEY.

SN OW GUARD Application filed December 30, 1908.

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Be it known that I, JonN GERY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Guards, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in snow-guards for roofs ofbuildings, and especially to roofs where asbestos shingles are used.

The object of my invention is to provide a snow-guard which is adjustedor may be adjusted to suit the pitch of any roof and which from itssimplicity of construction, strength and durability and the facilitywith, which it is placed and removed, will render it practical andeconomical and especially adapted to asbestos shingles.

The invention consists in the peculiar con struction and arrangement ofthe parts shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and hereinafter set forth in the claims.

In the various figures of the drawings, similar letters refer to likeparts.

Figure 1 represents a portion of a pitched roof with my improvedsnow-guard applied thereto; Fig. 2-, is a perspective view of mysnow-guard and clamp; Fig. 3 is a sectional view through portion ofpitched roof provided with my snowguard ,showing the arrangement of thesnowguard with relation to the asbestos shingles; Fig. 4, is a planView, showing the rela tive positions of a snow-guard and asbestosshingles; Figs. -5-, 6 and 7 are views of a well known means forclamping shingles together; Fig. 8, is a view showing the method ofblocking out my snow-guard to forman integral brace; Figs. 9 and 10 aretop view and end view respectively, of the snow-guard shown in Fig. 8-when bent and in form for use; Fig. 11, is a side view of the same;Figs. 12, 13, 14 and -15, are similar views of my snow-guard, slightlymodified in form and size.

I/Vith the advent of the asbestos shingle for roofs, there arose thenecessity for a snowguard, differing from the snow-guards now in vogueand one of the objects of my invention is to provide a snow-guard tomeet the requirements demanded for use on pitched roofs shingled withasbestos.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 470,097.

The asbestos shingles are usually secured together by means of clamp,such as is shown in Figs. 5, 6, and -7-, well as by nails.

My snow-guard has secured to it a pin C which passes up through theshingles and is adapted to pass through the hole O- in the end of thebrace B when the outer end A is bent upwardly as shown in the drawings.The main body A of my snow-guard lies under the shingles, the portion -Ais bent at the desired angle, the brace -B- passing from the upperportion of A to the pin (l above the shingles, the upper end of the pinC- is passed through the hole O in the end of the brace -B and is thenbent over as shown. The snow-guard thus held in posi tion by theasbestos shingle and by the pin C is adapted to stand the strain of agreat weight of snow.

W'hile not wishing to limit myself to any particular material in theconstruction of my snow-guard, I prefer to have them made of copper orcopper alloy.

It is obvious that my snow-guard serves as a clamp to secure theshingles together where the pin 6 passes through them and that theshingles in turn hold the snow-guard firmly in position.

The brace portion B- and the angle portion A being of some breadth, thesnow-guard is adapted to sustain a great quantity of snow and I do notwish to limit myself to size, shape or material in the construction ofmy device, as various I110difica tions in construction may be madewithout departing from the scope and spirit of my invention.

In the drawings, letter R is meant to indicate the roof; S, theshingles; and -G, the snow-guard.

With this description of my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A snow-guard, consisting of a metal angle-plate, having a portion outout to form a brace, one side of said angle-plate adapted to pass belowand one at right angles, to the shingles, and a pin passing from theextremity of the under plate up through the shingles and through the endof tongue or brace to connect both ends of the angleplate, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A snow-guard, consisting of a metal angle-plate, having a portionthereof cut out to form a central tongue adapted to act as a through theshingles and through an opening brace and connect the extremities of thel in the end of a tongue or brace and to be bent angle-plate, the endbeneath the shingles and i over the end of said brace and such a braceextending from the outer end of said angle the outer end of that portionof the angle- 5 plate at right angles to the shingles, and a plate andengaged by said clamping pin above the shingles, substantially as setforth.

clamping-pin passing from the end of the angle-plate below the shinglesup through In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature thebsame andthrough the end of said tongue in presence of two witnesses. or race aove the shingles over which said 10 pin is bent, substantially as setforth. JOHN GERY' 3. The combination with asbestos shingles, of a metalangle plate provided at one end with a clamping pin adapted to passupward Witnesses:

JOHN F. KERR, JENNETTE PEAL.

